In The Church Of St. Luke, I Was Not At All Struck By
The Picture Of That Saint, Drawing The Portrait Of The Virgin
Mary, Although It Is Admired As One Of The Best Pieces Of
Raphael.
Indeed it made so little impression upon me, that I do
not even remember the disposition of the figures.
The altar-piece,
by Andrea Sacchi, in the church of St. Romauldus, would
have more merit, if the figure of the saint himself had more
consequence, and was represented in a stronger light. In the
Palazzo Borghese, I chiefly admired the following pieces: a Venus
with two nymphs; and another with Cupid, both by Titian: an
excellent Roman Piety, by Leonardo da Vinci; and the celebrated
Muse, by Dominechino, which is a fine, jolly, buxom figure. At
the palace of Colorina Connestabile, I was charmed with the
Herodias, by Guido Rheni; a young Christ; and a Madonna, by
Raphael; and four landscapes, two by Claude Lorraine, and the
other two, by Salvator Rosa. In the palazetto, or summerhouse
belonging to the Palazzo Rospigliosi, I had the satisfaction of
contemplating the Aurora of Guido, the colours of which still
remain in high perfection, notwithstanding the common report that
the piece is spoiled by the dampness of the apartment. The print
of this picture, by Freij, with all its merit, conveys but an
imperfect idea of the beauty of the original. In the Palazzo
Barberini, there is a great collection of marbles and pictures:
among the first, I was attracted by a beautiful statue of Venus;
a sleeping faun, of curious workmanship; a charming Bacchus,
lying on an antient sculpture, and the famous Narcissus.
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